*AMSAT News Service*ANS-259September 15, 2024In this edition:[*]LAST DAY TO VOTE - AMSAT Board of Directors Election Concludes at 23:59 EDT on September 15th [*]Registration Continues for the 42nd Annual AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting [*]Call for Papers [*]F. Brent Abbott, NA7D, Chief Revenue Officer of Rogue Space Systems Corporation, to Keynote AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet [*]July/August 2024 issue of The AMSAT Journal Now Available [*]Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for Septembe ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01 Serial Number: 172 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 14 1553 UTC SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1 Begin Time: 2024 Sep 14 1513 UTC Maximum Time: 2024 Sep 14 1529 UTC End Time: 2024 Sep 14 1547 UTC X-ray Class: X4.5 Optical Class: 2b Location: S18E62 NOAA Scale: R3 - Strong NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact consists of large portions of the sunlit side of Earth, strong ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 434 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 14 1521 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2024 Sep 14 1518 UTC NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensity. For real-time in ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3399 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 13 1701 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2024 Sep 13 1645 UTC Station: GOES16 Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 433 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 13 0656 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2024 Sep 13 0652 UTC NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensity. For real-time in ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB24257.1 2Line Orbital Elements 24257.AMSAT QST de W1STR AMSAT Orbital Elements for Amateur Satellites in TLE Format From Orbital Analysis Office New England Sci-Tech STEM Education Center Natick, MA September 13, 2024 To all radio amateurs These element sets describe the orbits of various satellites in use by the amateur radio community. For details see: www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-formats/ A daily update of element sets is available at: www.amsat.org/tle/daily-bulletin.txt or w ...Continue Reading

The following satellite has been removed from this week's AMSAT TLE distribution: SelfieSat NORAD Cat ID 53951 Decayed from orbit on or about 07 September 2024 Binar 2 and Binar 3 had their object numbers listed incorrectly when added last week. Binar 2 is catalog number 60957, and Binar 2 is catalog number 60956. Thanks to Nico PA0DLO for pointing out the error. Joe Fitzgerald KM1P AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager Keps mailing list -- keps@amsat.org View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat. ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 432 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 12 1445 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2024 Sep 12 1442 UTC NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensity. For real-time in ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01 Serial Number: 171 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 12 1005 UTC SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1 Begin Time: 2024 Sep 12 0931 UTC Maximum Time: 2024 Sep 12 0943 UTC End Time: 2024 Sep 12 0951 UTC X-ray Class: X1.3 Location: S16E90 NOAA Scale: R3 - Strong NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact consists of large portions of the sunlit side of Earth, strongest at the sub-sola ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 431 Issue Time: 2024 Sep 12 0945 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2024 Sep 12 0939 UTC NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensity. For real-time in ...Continue Reading